This
page and the other pages in this series are the successors to the series
of web-page about the Camden Fire Department that began with the page Camden
Fire Department: The Fires of the Summer of 2011. On this and other
pages in the series you will find pictures and information regarding
different events and aspects of the fire service in Camden, New Jersey.

On
March 23, 2012 the Camden Fire Department put out a fire in a vacant
(except for squatters) building at 426 Broadway. On May 31, the
Department return to take care of a fire next door, at 424 Broadway,
also vacant and also infested by squatters. The Battalion Chief on
arrival reported heavy fire showing from the second floor of a three-story
dwelling, with a person trapped. Multiple hand lines and two
ladders were put into service. A woman was rescued from the second floor
and taken to Cooper Trauma Center, firefighters Denis O'Reilly and
Victor Torres being the heroes of the day.